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Uisfrrn *terne iifrrnirir @einem EL P, EWBNKS AND H. M. VVEL, FLEES-GLN, ILLL'NOIS.

' kTo vili 'whom 'it 'muy concern.:

Be it known that we, Elim `P. hEWeiiNris and E. M..POWEL, of Ln'eon, inthe county of *Logan and State oiflllinois, have invented oertain newand useful Improvements iu Builders and Painters Sceolds; and We dohereby declare tbat'the following is u full, clear, und exactdescription of the saine, reference being 'inedito the accompanyingdrnnfings, nud tothe letters of referenee marked thereon.

In the ,annexeddrawings,` making part of this speiieation, A representsthe scaffold.

board upon which the operator stands.'

Cjfrepresent lWires which have their ends ggen-ielfestened neer the endsof 'the board A, said wireslying'nndertne boerd, es shown.; B representshort boards or blocks, which re hinged on the under. side of the boardA at suitable distances apart. Willen these short boards are turned etright ongles t0 the scat'- fold-bonrd A they beur against the Wires C,and serve to brute Iand support said seetihldboard', so thnt it willsupport the required weight upon it. In makingthe hou-rd A longer thanrequired for ordinary use it muy he hinged at the center. -The ends ofthe board A, upon their under side, are provided with sinn-ll pins,which are intended to stick into the platform which sustains it, toprevent it from slippiuf. The brackets which forni theplatform forsupportingrthe scatbld-bonr'd are mede as follows; lVe take e piece oftimber of the required width'and,lengthsey, or eight inches Wideendnfroni two to three feet long'- and frame inte-iti' n erm, E, andthis arm we support lo); meusot'two braces, F F, running' from outer,end et'. theerni-ctolthe lewereod..

lofth'efpiece Rivoted in the timber D are, four-'smell`roliers,'m m,with their peripheries p'ojeotingbeyoud the timber, as shown. Theserollers are covered with rubber or some simi- 1er materiel. The timber Dstands in' n vertical position, and the rollers m m rest against theWalls of the' house, their covering preventing defeoing. There are twoof these bra-ckl ets,one for each end ofthe board The hoord of' thebrneets.

G :nui H represent the supports for these brackets. These supports nremade. of two pieces of senntlinguvhieh are held together by'menns of themetallic collars K K, the seid cellars beingmede inst to vone of thepieces, and the otheinpieoe sliding` through the loop which they 'orm. q

To the lower pieee, H, is secured n Windluss with e ratchet-wheel andpztwl uttnehed. A oord passes around this Windlase up the outside ofpiece H, then around e pulley, o, in its upper end, thence down e grooveon its inner side, and secures to thelnwer end of the piece G. By thiscord lund. windluss the piece G is easily raised und lowered orstationed in :my desired position. The upper end oi' piece G rests in anopening; mede to receive it et vthe intersection of the nrni E with thetimber D, passing to said opening between the two braces F F.

In using` this scaffold. the brace H is placed nt e bracingl :ingletothe house, find the breekets with the seniiold board upon then-'i areraised end-lowered, orstutioned where required, by menus of theu'indless with its' powi und ratchet-wheel.

The brackets with their rollers eusiiy run up and down the sides of thehouse without defncing it.

Hering thus fully described our invention, what we clrnin new, enddesire to secure by Letters Patent, iis- The brackets constructed. incombination with the seebld-hourd A nud braces H und Q,the saine beingused substantially in lthe 'manner and for the purpose herein specified.

As evidence that We claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsin th@ presence of tiro Witnesses.

rest upon the 'arms E E ELI P. NEVBANKS. HXVARDjM. PCi/VEL.

Vitnesses G. H. GAMrBELL,

SAMUEL Tre'rmns.

